diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nirima/jenkins/plugins/docker/DockerCloud.java b/src/main/java/com/nirima/jenkins/plugins/docker/DockerCloud.java
index 38805850a..686b9c557 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nirima/jenkins/plugins/docker/DockerCloud.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nirima/jenkins/plugins/docker/DockerCloud.java
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ public class DockerCloud extends Cloud {
     @Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
     static final Map<String, Map<String, Integer>> CONTAINERS_IN_PROGRESS = new HashMap<>();
 
+    /**
+     * Disables slow Docker API capacity checks during provisioning.
+     * WARNING: When enabled, capacity limits are not enforced.
+     */
+    private static final boolean DISABLE_PROVISION_CAPACITY_CHECK = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(
+            "com.nirima.jenkins.plugins.docker.DockerCloud.DISABLE_PROVISION_CAPACITY_CHECK", "false"));
+
     /**
      * Indicate if docker host used to run container is exposed inside container as DOCKER_HOST environment variable
      */
@@ -645,6 +652,11 @@ public int countContainersInDocker(final String imageName) throws Exception {
      * Check not too many already running.
      */
     private boolean canAddProvisionedAgent(DockerTemplate t) throws Exception {
+        if (DISABLE_PROVISION_CAPACITY_CHECK) {
+            LOGGER.info("Provisioning '{}' without capacity check (disabled via system property)", t.getImage());
+            return true;
+        }
+
         final String templateImage = t.getImage();
         final int templateContainerCap = t.instanceCap;
         final int cloudContainerCap = getContainerCap();